Traffic accident in Tranås – one injured

Total stop on E18

A truck and a car have collided on the E18 in Karlskoga.

Due to the accident, there is a complete standstill in traffic.

Hit and beat a cyclist

A car has run over a cyclist in Gothenburg. When the driver got out of the car, he shouted at the cyclist, a man in his 70s, and hit him before leaving the scene.

A report of contamination from a traffic accident and assault has been made.

The condition of the cyclist’s injuries is unclear.

The incident occurred shortly after 10pm on Wednesday evening.

Women sell sex – to pay debts

Around Sweden, police and social services see how young women sell sex to pay off their debts, reports P4 Värmland.

– We saw that women advertised, some sold pictures and videos of themselves. Some arranged meetings with men and offered sexual services in order to pay a rent, a food bill or a telephone bill, says sociologist Johanna Lidén Norrman at Karlstad municipality.

The bailiff has seen how young women’s debts have increased dramatically in the last ten years.

– It is very much connected to online shopping and shopping, says Davor Vuleta, personal finance spokesperson at the Swedish Enforcement Agency.

Shots fired at home – boys under 15 suspected

Several shots have been fired at a window of a residence in Malmö. The alarm came in to the police just after midnight after several people contacted the police about loud bangs.

No one was in the residence at the time of the shooting and no one is reported to have been injured.

Two boys under the age of 15 are suspected of the crime. They were arrested shortly after the incident.

– There are some investigative measures during the theft that lead to us later being able to find these boys at another address, says Katarina Rusin, press spokesperson for the police in the South region.

As the boys are under 15, they will not be able to be arrested.

– It is taken care of and the case will be handed over to social authorities, says Katarina Rusin.

The police know who lived in the residence in question, but do not want to comment on any potential threats at this time.

The incident is classified as attempted murder.

Sweden buys German tanks

Sweden buys new German tanks for SEK 22 billion.

Just before Christmas, the Defense Materiel Administration signed a contract with the German manufacturer KNDS to buy 44 new tanks of the Leopard 2 A8 type, reports SVT.

The contract also includes a modernization of the defense’s tanks from the 1990s. In total, the order is worth SEK 22 billion.

– These tanks are among the absolute most modern on the market. This is a major capability increase for the ground forces, says Göran Mårtensson, director general at FMV, to SVT.

Sigge Eklund’s home has burned down

Sigge Eklund’s home in Pacific Palisades has burned down. His wife Malin Eklund confirms this on Instagram.

“We just found out that we have lost our home. Thank God we are safe, but our hearts go out to all those affected in California today,” writes Malin Eklund on her Instagram.

Biden cancels meeting with the Pope

The catastrophic fires in Los Angeles cause President Joe Biden to cancel his trip to Italy, where he was supposed to meet the Pope, among other things, the White House announced in a statement.

The trip would be his last foreign trip as president before he hands over the White House keys to President-elect Donald Trump on January 20.

Shooting at an apartment in Malmö

Shortly after midnight on the night of Thursday, an apartment in the Söderkulla area of ​​Malmö was fired upon with several shots.

Police were called to the scene after loud bangs were heard and then found an apartment that had several bullet holes through the window and damage to the facade, reports Skånska Dagbladet.

The police task force entered the apartment, but no one was in the home and no one injured has been found nearby.

New fire threatens the Hollywood sign

Another fire has broken out in Los Angeles, this time in the Hollywood Hills where the iconic Hollywood sign is located, which has stood there for 102 years.

According to L.A. Times it’s burning near Hollywood Boulevard.

The fire is described as explosive and moving towards the densely populated areas of Hollywood.

The Los Angeles Fire Department is now issuing evacuation orders for large parts of downtown Hollywood.

Reception for circumcision stopped – danger to life

A doctor at a circumcision clinic in Gothenburg has been stopped by the Swedish Care Inspectorate (Ivo) after serious irregularities were discovered, reports SVT Nyheter Väst.

The doctor’s main task was the circumcision of boys. The irregularities were discovered during an inspection – and Ivo sees it as putting patients’ lives and health at risk.

The drug Stesolid has been used as a sedative in young children, which Ivo calls controversial because it can cause serious side effects. The inspection also revealed serious hygiene deficiencies.

Between December 2023 and May 2024, 173 circumcisions were performed at the clinic.

In 2021, the doctor was given a probationary period by the Health Care Responsibility Board after three boys suffered complications after the procedures.

Long sentences for homophobic murder

Four men were sentenced on Wednesday to long prison terms by a Spanish court for the high-profile murder of 24-year-old Samuel Luiz.

The homophobic murder took place in A Coruña in the summer of 2021, when Luiz was beaten to death outside a nightclub.

The men were sentenced to prison for between 24 and ten years.

Five dead in the Los Angeles fires

According to the LA Times, at least five people have now died and 100,000 have been evacuated as a result of the uncontrolled wildfires.

Over 1,100 buildings have burned down.

Attempted murder of resident – assault on staff

At 9 p.m., the police were alerted to an assisted living facility in western Stockholm.

There, a resident had attacked the staff with a knife.

An employee received minor injuries, but not from the knife but in another way, the police write on their website.

When the police arrived, the staff had overpowered the resident.

The incident is being investigated as attempted murder and the police have made various seizures at the residence.

The identity of Israeli soldiers must be concealed

Israel’s military has decided to withhold the identities of all soldiers participating in combat, following attempts to prosecute Israeli soldiers traveling abroad for war crimes, the Times of Israel reports.

The military’s new rules for the media mean that any interview with an officer who has a higher rank than brigadier general will be done anonymously, similar to how it already works for pilots and people from the special forces.

All soldiers will be subject to the rules.

The persons must also not be able to be linked to a specific combat event.

Media footage will need to be approved by the military’s Censorship and Information Security Department.